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morpheme

mor·pheme
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mawr-feem]
    • /ˈmɔr fim/
    • /ˈmɔː.fiːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mawr-feem]
    • /ˈmɔr fim/

Definitions of morpheme word

  • noun morpheme any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1). 1
  • noun morpheme A meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided (e.g., in, come, -ing, forming incoming ). 1
  • noun morpheme smallest unit of language 1
  • countable noun morpheme A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words 'the', 'in', and 'girl' consist of one morpheme. The word 'girls' consists of two morphemes: 'girl' and 's'. 0
  • noun morpheme a speech element having a meaning or grammatical function that cannot be subdivided into further such elements 0
  • noun morpheme the smallest meaningful unit or form in a language: it may be an affix (Ex.: un- in undo or -er in doer) or a base (Ex.: do in undo) 0

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Origin of morpheme

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; < French morphème; see morph-, -eme

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Morpheme

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

morpheme popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

morpheme usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for morpheme

noun morpheme

  • soundThe, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
  • term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
  • concept — A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
  • name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
  • phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.

Antonyms for morpheme

noun morpheme

  • silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
  • question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.

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